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Fipps Primary · Riverdale

Fipps Primary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Fipps Primary is an elementary school in Riverdale. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At Fipps Primary in Riverdale, 27.3% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 33.7% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Fipps Primary trails its district average for low-income students by 6.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (19.5% Math proficient); Hispanic students (27.6% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 15.0 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 77 students tested.

All students at this school: 25% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 25%, district —, state 43%25%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 23%, district 28%, state 32%23% · −2 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 23%, district 29%, state 32%23% · −2 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 21%, district 32%, state 44%21% · −4 vs school
MaleMale: this school 29%, district 29%, state 42%29% · +4 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 14%, district 6%, state 11%14% · −11 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 8%, district 4%, state 15%8% · −17 vs school
WhiteWhite: too few students to report‹11
HomelessHomeless: too few students to report‹11
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Subgroup growth by grade

Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 19:1, district 17:119:1
Teaching staff25 teachers
Avg. experience13.1 years
Fully credentialed100%
First-year teachers8%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$62,295 – $121,053
Principal salary$137,243 – $142,567
Superintendent salary$189,599

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $21,341, CA average $14,815$21,341 · spent at this school
Federal share$1,708 per student

$1,708 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$23,214 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction59%
Instruction support7%
Student services10%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance15%
Other3%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$15,706 per pupil
2019$13,640 per pupil
2018$14,576 per pupil
2017$13,126 per pupil
2016$12,323 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic91.4%
District 90.0% · CA 56.1%
White7.9%
District 9.1% · CA 19.9%
Other0.5%
District 0.3% · CA 9.0%
Asian0.3%
District 0.1% · CA 10.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 92.6% (29pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$72K · CA $85K
Median home value$295K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+8% · CA 35%
ZIP population7,172
Median age31 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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